Deepwater broadcast spawning by Montastraea cavernosa, Montastraea franksi, and Diploria strigosa at the Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico

Coral Reefs

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 169-171

  Vize, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broadcast spawning; Mass spawning; Reef building; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

CORAL; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLOWER GARDEN BANKS; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANTHOZOA; DIPLORIA STRIGOSA; MONTASTRAEA CAVERNOSA; MONTASTRAEA FRANKSI;

EID: 33644616386     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-005-0082-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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